Sunday, April 10, 2011

April 9

April 9

ROYAL BIRTHDAYS

Nobuko, Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (Japan)   {1955} [wife of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (first cousin of Emperor Akihito of Japan)]

Crown Princess Sarah of Brunei   {1987}






ROYAL WEDDING ANNIVERARIES

Hereditary Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg & Princess Josephine-Charlotte of Belgium   {1953}

The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales & Camilla Parker Bowles   {2005}
[first photo- church blessing; second photo- civil ceremony]


HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENTS

193   Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army of Illyricum (in the Balkans).

1413   Henry V is crowned King of England.
1440   Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark.


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

1835   King Leopold II of the Belgians (d.1909)

1882   Friedrich Franz IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d.1946)


DEATHS

491   Zeno, Byzantine Emperor
715   Pope Constantine
1024   Pope Benedict VIII
1137   William X, Duke of Aquitaine
1483   King Edward IV of England

1484   Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales
1654   Matei Basarab, Prince of Wallachia
1806   Willem V of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic
1914   Empress Dowager Shoken of Japan

1961   King Zog I of Albania

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